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In what it claimed were targeted attacks against radicals planning evil attack, more than 300 people were reported dead after Israel launched dangerous airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon, and southern Syria, rekindling conflicts that threatened to engulf the place in a novel, bloody fight.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he gave the military the directive to” strong action” in response to the Islamist team’s refusal to release all hostages and its refusal of new cease-fire ideas.
Israel will continue to fight Hamas with increasing military support, according to a speech from Netanyahu’s company.
Since the cease-fire was reached in mid-January, the issue has escalated the most.
According to several media sources, according to citing health officials who are under Hamas, the death toll from the problems in the Gaza Strip had reached at least 326 individuals.
The information was unable to independently be confirmed.
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory referred to the strikes as “unconscionable” and demanded that the ceasefire be immediately reinstated.
” People in Gaza have endured unimaginable suffering,” the statement reads. The only way forward is a resolution to hostilities, continued humanitarian aid, the release of hostages, and the restoration of basic services and people’s livelihoods, according to Muhannad Hadi in his  statement.
The Israeli military claimed that the Israeli military’s attacks on Gaza’s infrastructure targeted Hamas ‘ senior leaders and leaders.
The Israeli military claimed to have carried out airstrikes in southern Lebanon and Syria in addition to the attacks against Hamas in Gaza.
It stated that it would expand the campaign beyond air strikes and that it was prepared to carry on attacks against Hamas for as long as it was necessary. During the previous retaliatory action, Israeli tanks and soldiers actively operated in Gaza.
Israel consulted the White House during its most recent attacks on Gaza, according to a White House spokeswoman who spoke to Fox News.
As President [ Donald ] Trump has stated abundantly, Hamas, the Houthis, Iran, and all those who want to terrorize not just Israel but also the United States of America will pay a price. According to press secretary Karoline Leavitt, “everything will turn apprehensive.”
After the White House confirmed that it had had spoken with the extremist group in secret, Trump warned Hamas on March 5 that there would be “hell to pay” if it didn’t immediately release all hostages.
A senior Hamas official, cited by Reuters, claimed that Israel is “unilaterally ending” the Gaza cease-fire agreement and that the action was going to put the fate of the remaining Israeli hostages in jeopardy.
The conflict comes as Israel and Hamas battle over how to carry out the three-phase cease-fire, which started on January 19 and includes the exchange of Palestinian prisoners who are still held hostage by Hamas in Israeli jails.
Israel temporarily intercut all food, medicine, fuel, electricity, and other supplies to the territory’s roughly 2 million residents two weeks ago to pressure Hamas into agreeing to a new cease-fire proposal.
Following the bloody cross-border attack in Israel on October 7, 2023, a significant portion of Hamas ‘ leadership was killed during Israel’s retaliatory campaign in Gaza.
Around 1,200 people, primarily civilians, were killed in the Hamas-led militants ‘ attack on southern Israel, and 251 people were taken hostage in Gaza. There are still about two dozen people under Hamas ‘ control.
Israel responded by starting a devastating war in the Palestinian enclave, which has resulted in the displacement of the majority of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents and the death of tens of thousands of people, according to local authorities.
The Israeli military has frequently launched attacks against Hamas as well as strikes against Hezbollah locations in southern Lebanon following the cease-fire agreement, which led to the release of a large number of hostages and prisoners.
The United States has also labeled Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, while the EU has labeled its political division as a terrorist organization despite the fact that it has also designated its armed wing. Prior to a US-brokered cease-fire in November, the organization’s majority leader was killed in Israel’s 14-month conflict with the group.
Israel claimed that it struck two Hezbollah leaders in Yohmor, in the southern Lebanese town, as a result of the new attacks. The men were described as “observation operatives.”
Other, unnamed strikes were carried out in Lebanon against Hezbollah sites, according to the military.
After the brutal autocratic regime of Bashar al-Assad was overthrown in Syria in December, Israel has taken control of a buffer zone in the south. The former Islamist insurgents, who overthrew Assad and are now in charge of Syria, were portrayed as using the move as a preemptive measure.
Three people were killed when Israeli strikes hit a residential area in Daraa, according to Syrian authorities on March 17. The report was unable to be verified.
Israeli soldiers claimed that they were threatening Israel by attacking military command centers and weapons depots in southern Syria that were located in the hands of Assad’s forces.
Assad fled Syria and reportedly was in Russia, which, along with Iran, was a major supporter of his regime, in December. Following the passing of his father, Hafez al-Assad, in 2000, Assad came into power.
